Name: ______Chapter 5: Routes of Exploration to the New World
Explorer Sponsoring Background: Motive (circle Important Fact Years and Route Impact (circle or Country sailor, soldier, or highlight) of Exploration highlight all that apply) merchant, nobleman
Christopher Spain sailor Route to Asia He thought they 1492-1506 Claimed land Columbus reached Asia, Map Information Riches but actually Islands in Mistreated native people made f irst Caribbean, Cuba, Spread disease To spread European land coasts of South Settlement Christianity claims in the and Central
New World. America
John Cabot England merchant Route to Asia Made E ngland’s 1497-1498 Claimed land first land East coast of Map Information Riches claims in North Canada down to Mistreated native people America. Chesapeake Bay Spread disease To spread Settlement Christianity
Juan Ponce de Spain soldier Route to Asia Searched for the 1506-1521 Claimed land Leon “F ountain of Florida and Map Information Riches Youth” Caribbean Islands Mistreated native people Spread disease To spread Settlement Christianity
Hernan Cortes Spain nobleman Route to Asia Conquered 1519-1521 Claimed land Aztecs in what Mexico Map Information Riches is now Mexico Mistreated native people Spread disease To spread Settlement Christianity
Explorer Sponsoring Background: Motive: Route Important Fact Years and Route Impact (circle or Country sailor, soldier, to Asia, of Exploration highlight all that apply) merchant, riches, or to nobleman spread Christianity
Jacques Cartier France sailor Route to Asia Made F rance’s 1534-1542 Claimed land first land Canada, St. Map Information Riches claims in New Lawrence River Mistreated native people World. Spread disease To spread Settlement Christianity
Francisco Spain nobleman Route to Asia Searched for a 1540-1542 Claimed land Coronado City of Gold in Southwestern Map Information Riches what is now the North America Mistreated native people Southwest US. Spread disease To spread Settlement Christianity
Henry Hudson Holland and sailor Route to Asia The Hudson 1609-1610 Claimed land England River in New Maine, New York, Map Information Riches York and Canada Mistreated native people Hudson Bay in Spread disease To spread Canada are Settlement Christianity named after him.
Robert de La Salle France nobleman Route to Asia He found his 1667-1684 Claimed land own financing Mississippu Valley, Map Information Riches and found the Louisiana, Ohio Mistreated native people Mississippi River Spread disease To spread Valley area. Settlement Christianity
Name: ______Chapter 5 Study Guide
Date of Test: ______
You will be able to:
Describe the expeditions and the impact of the expeditions of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernan Cortes, jacques Cartier, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Henry Hudson, and Robert de La Salle.
Vocabulary
Conquistador: Spanish explorers
Contagious Diseases: sicknesses that spread quickly
Northwest Passage: possible shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America - never found.
Colonies: places ruled by another country, not by their own people
List the countries that sponsored explorers in this chapter:
England, Holland, France, Spain
Look at your matrix. What was the MOST COMMON impact these explorers had in North America? (land claimed, settlements, native people mistreated, disease)
Land claimed for Europe